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Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia Submission to the parliament on electoral process and good governance

A. Effectiveness of the Electoral Commission of Zambia in handling elections

Observations: i. The appointment of the Commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Zambia has continued to be made by the Republican President and ratified by parliament. Public perception is that the ECZ operations and independence can be compromised. The enforcement of electoral laws has been weak as malpractices have not been addressed by the ECZ. ii. Key observations in the past indicated that the dissemination of the election results has been too slow even in areas where communication and transport is reliable and polling stations are accessible through tarred road networks. Anomalies related with the timing of the release of results such as an urban polling station in Lusaka releasing the results 3 days after results from some of the remote areas raises suspicions on the legitimacy of the results. iii. The public is unaware of the procedure and process involved in the appointment of the members of the electoral commission.